Orissa resident among 5 killed in Kashmir

Srinagar, Aug 26 (UNI) Five people, including a resident from Orissa, were killed and four others injured in the Kashmir valley overnight, a police spokesman said today.

He said two boys-- Arif and Touseef Ahmad-- got drowned in the River Sindh at Kullan in Ganderbad district while taking bath today.

The bodies were later recovered and handed over to their family members.

A labourer Kishna Kaloo, son of Babas Tangarur, a resident of Talsora Orissa, was critically injured during drilling in a tunnel at Kalgai Uri in north Kashmir.

However, he succumbed to his injuries on the way to hospital.

In another incident, 60-year-old Mohammad syed Khan was critically wounded when a speedy vehicle hit him at Khanyar in the downtown city. He was shifted to hospital, where he died.

The spokesman said a tipper overturned near railway bridge at Raso Beerwah in the central Kashmir district of Budgam causing on the spot death of driver Mohammad Ayub Mir.

Three persons, including a girl, were injured in road accidents while one person was injured during quarry at Tressa Safapora.

The injured were hospitalised.

UNI